Emmer Toles, the author of this book, received her undergraduate and master's degrees from Yale and Stanford respectively. Interestingly, The Wall Street Journal called him "the last gentleman in new york". Perhaps it is the elegance and romance of the old world in him that makes his works more attractive.
Brief introduction of Moscow gentleman.
1922, Count Rostov was recognized as an unrepentant aristocrat and sentenced to house arrest in the Metropolitan Hotel opposite the Kremlin. This gentleman has never done a day's work before, and only pursues wisdom and knowledge. Since then, he can only live in the attic of this five-star hotel and watch the great changes in Russia under the wheel of history from a unique perspective. His life has also turned a new chapter.